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WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1937 – September 16, 1967
Service recordWilliam M Vanantwerp JR, of Albany, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 80
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Officer (9901)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 AMTR BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 80
- JAMES RICHARD MERTELL JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- HARLAN CARL RILKCorporal · September 16, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD SMITHSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- JAMES DAVID WISECorporal · September 16, 1967
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.